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Citrix Fixes and Known Issues – XenApp & XenDesktop / Virtual Apps and Desktops (excluding Machine Creation Services)

Mar 29, 2018
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Citrix Fixes

A list containing the majority of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (formerly XenApp & XenDesktop) support articles (excluding Machine Creation Services) collated to make this page a one stop place for you to search for and find information regarding any issues you have with the product and its related dependencies.

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Citrix Support Fix and Known Issues List

Sep 12, 2017
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App Layering, Citrix Cloud, NetScaler, Provisioning Services, Receiver, Windows Server, XenApp/XenDesktop, XenServer

A list containing the majority of Citrix support articles collated to make this page a one stop place for you to search for and find information regarding any issues you have with the main Citrix products and their related dependencies.

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The performance improvements of Client Drive Mapping in XenApp & XenDesktop 7.13

Mar 22, 2017
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Receiver, XenApp/XenDesktop

The following post shows test results between file transfers over Client Drive Mapping in XenDesktop 7.12 with Citrix Receiver for Windows 4.6 versus XenDesktop 7.13 with Citrix Receiver for Windows 4.7.

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Active Directory user computer name caching in XenDesktop

Jan 18, 2017
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XenApp/XenDesktop

In a XenDesktop environment, the Citrix Broker Service caches the hostname of Delivery Controllers, VDA machines and user account names in SQL. This ensures queries of Active Directory users and computers that are associated with the XenDesktop farm are quick and do not need to go across to Domain Controllers for such information.

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Creating Unidesk Desktops 3.x

Nov 15, 2016
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App Layering

You can create persistent, non-persistent and Session Host desktops using Unidesk 3.4 for Hyper-V. These desktops can in turn be used within your Citrix XenApp or XenDesktop farms. In this post I will show you how to create a persistent desktop using Unidesk. Keep Reading

Skype for Business with XenApp & XenDesktop

Oct 05, 2016
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XenApp/XenDesktop

The Skype for Business HDX RealTime Optimization pack offers clear, crisp, high-definition audio/video calls with Microsoft Skype for Business. Microsoft state that this is the only supported solution for Skype for Business deployment in a VDI environment. Keep Reading

SmartControl and SmartAccess

Aug 04, 2016
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NetScaler, XenApp/XenDesktop

Both SmartAccess and SmartControl are similar in practice. One is implemented at the Delivery Controller level with the use of Citrix policies (SmartAccess) and the other is implemented at the NetScaler Gateway level (SmartControl). SmartControl was introduced in NetScaler v11, and is a Platinum feature.

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XenApp & XenDesktop 7.9 Application Groups

Jul 22, 2016
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XenApp/XenDesktop

New in XA/XD 7.9 are Application Groups that can be used for failover & load balancing between applications assigned to multiple Delivery Groups and also to apply settings across applications consistently.

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Citrix licensing overview for XenApp, XenDesktop & NetScaler

May 12, 2016
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XenApp/XenDesktop

This post explains briefly the licensing need-to-knows for XenApp/XenDesktop, PVS and NetScaler. Licensing can at times get confusing as most of you probably know. It can also change, so I’ll do my best to keep this updated.

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XenDesktop & XenApp Power Management

May 02, 2016
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XenApp/XenDesktop

This post is designed to explain the different types of settings and scenarios surrounding power managing Virtual Apps and Desktops (formerly XenDesktop and XenApp) machines using Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7.

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